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This study aimed to investigate the biological mechanisms underlying these differences using integrative multi-omics analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We analyzed bladder cancer data from TCGA and GTEx, including genomic mutations, gene expression profiles, and clinical information. We performed protein-protein interaction analysis, pathway enrichment, survival analysis, and immune cell correlation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified androgen receptor (AR)-related pathways as uniquely enriched in male-specific hub genes, while the Wnt signaling pathway was enriched in female-specific hub genes. In total, 14 male-specific hub genes showed significant sex-biased survival associations, including known markers\u2014DLGAP5, SOX2, LAMA2, and COL5A2\u2014and novel ones such as ERCC5, NID1, ANK2, and others. For females, three hub genes\u2014RAD51C, COL22A1, and COL5A2\u2014were identified as female-specific with survival associations. 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